auntblabby wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Well - arent you a "high heeled boy" so to speak? A deviant in more ways than one- which is why you were bullied all your life? Kinda so obvious that it isnt obvious. Ofcourse Ive never really listended to the song carefully enough to know what the lyrics are actually about.
you could be right. but as far as the low spark of high-heeled boys is concerned, it was a reference by actor michael j. pollard [in an inscription in his pal musician jim capaldi's book] to the streetsmart zeitgeist of his generation of boomers, who were hip and onto a generational wave of what they perceived to be new ways of thinking and feeling and being. as jim capaldi explained it later-
"For me, it summed him up. He had this tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. [...]
The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning
that strong undercurrent at the street level." IOW it was a low spark because it stuck to their generation and didn't affect other generations like what OWS is doing now, for example. i hope that made sense.
naturalplastic wrote:
I volunteer producing a public access radio show at a small public access station. The guy who has the time slot after me announced he was going on vacation somehere. That night I dreamt that he and his family and I were planning a group vaction trip together but hadnt decided on a destination.
gee, that is fascinating- how does one produce a radio program? just curious. that is quite a dream you had. i couldn't begin to parse it.
Ahh..
The song represents rebellion and the wave of change.
you're trying to keep the spark going. The spark of youth, or of rebellion. Something like that.
Or maybe its saying that this mundane present you're living now is the exciting future promised by the song when you first heard back in the day ( Where are the flying cars that were spose to be driving that they predicted in the Jetsons?)
My dream was quite entertaining.
I do see why I dreamt it.
The Arab spring is in the news and Im conflicted career and other issues and it makes sense why that kind of imagery would come together.
Right here in the suburbs of Washington there is a county that has a public access radio and TV station that goes through the county's cable TV system, and over the internet. If you take courses and pay some modest fees and get on waiting list you can get a time slot and do a radio show ( or do TV which I have not gotten involved with).
You can do your own format-some do talk- some spin records.
I do a Dr. Demento type show - crazy comedy,and demented music, and musical oddities and curiosities.
You can tune in at
www.fcac.org/webr
I come on five pm EST on Sundays.
The guy after me does pop and rock from Britain ( hes a local american but he does british stuff old and new).
My show is called "the LIghter Side", his is called "England Swings".